Southern Coach Lines v. Haddock

The Southern Coach Lines has appealed in error from a judgment for $600, based upon a jury verdict, for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Ethel M. Haddock while riding as a passenger for hire in one of its busses. Mrs. Haddock was injured as a result of being thrown from her seat in the bus when the driver came to a sudden stop in order to avoid colliding with an ambulance at the intersection of Market and 11th Streets in Chattanooga.

The declaration charges, inter alia, that the defendant Bus Company was guilty of negligence in that the bus driver failed to maintain a proper lookout for…